Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-04
hands, bred by Elihu Smith Of Claren-
don: sired bv old Liberty.

James of Maryland; dam by Liberty of
Maryland, that famous horse, who was
sold for 700 pounds; G. d. was Guinea
water by True Briton of New Jersey.
Sweeper in Bennington; dark chest
nut, 10 l-2 hands, full-blooded; got by
colt of old Fearnaught's in Virginia, from
imported mare Miss Leeds, own sister to
Nancy Bywell that beat Lath at War
rick, Maryland.
Abimileck, full-blooded, in Salisbury.
In 1892 there appears:
% Beautiful young horse, Fear
naught, in White Creek, Bennington and
Salisbury, 81 to 81, 10 hands, sorrel,
sired by Young Briton, dam 10 Miller.
CD Sweeper.
90 Junius, in Vergennes, 50 to 81,
sired by imp. Lath, swiftest horse ever
imported to New York; dam by old
Wildair, sent back to England from
America dark bay, 1G hands Vergennes,
1892.
(4) Air-balloon, in Castleton; full
blooded, 1913, five years old.
90 Wildair again and Snip.
90 Leopard in Bennington. Spotted
dapple, blue skin, black legs, by the Gil
bert Horse; grand-sire, the noted horse
Bullrock.
CO Pilgrim in Bennington; sired by
Lofty, imported by Messrs. Footman of
Philadelphia.
In 1895 we have:
In Williamstown, Grey Figure, six
years old, full blooded, 10 - hands,
and dapple; sired by Old Gray Figure.
an imported horse owned by Col. Hart of
Pennsylvania dam full blooded. Brought
from Pennsylvania in March, 1874; stood
in Woodbury. last season. Signed, Noah
Judson.
Young Dread, in Manchester: four
years old, between bay and chestnut, 10
hands, sired by Old Dread of Pough-
keepsie that has run many a race and
never beaten.
Bashaw. at Arlington; bright bay, 10
ID hands, sired by the old Bashaw on
Long Island, an imported horse.
Young Fox, in Bennington; four years
old, 10 hands, by Wildair, dam seven
eighths blooded, owned by DR.. Fox.
Sweepstakes, six years old, light bay,
l6 hands, bred in Virginia, got by old
Badger imported from England and of
Hunting blood; Sweepstakes a great run
ner, never beaten.
Full-blooded horse Moresah, at Ben
nington, SALISBURY and Pownal; chest
nut %sorrel, - l-2 hands, nine years old.
got by imported Old Cranky, dam Dido
by Roy of Richmond. Signed David
Robinson.
Bold Sweeper, in Williamstown and
New Ashford five years old, Is l-2 hands,
t~hree-fourths blooded, stout, sired by the
Patroon's famous horse Cincinnati, which
he sold for $1,000.
In 1876 are these:
Fearnaught, Bennington and Pownal
by Tamerlane, dam by Bullrock.
Slender, in Salem; Sl2 to $40. Got by
Duke of Queensbury, who beat % horses.
Slender was got by Herod; dam by
Blond &. d. by Regulus, a daughter of
Sore Heels. Slender is full brother to
Highf1yer; 93 colts from Herod, sire
of Slender, run in England in 1923, 80
in number more than produced by the
great Eclipse that run in same years,
and Herod's colts have proved superior to
Eclipse's wherever they appeared on the
tnrf together, which may also be seen in
in the racing calendars of 1923. Slen-
der is a fine bay, Is 81 hands. His large
eye, wide %nostril, rainbow neck, depth
of shoulders. full breast, breadth of
quarters, short back, length of barrel,
fiue and muscular arm, straight and flat
boned leg, strike the eye at once. Kept
by MIR. Gilbert Taylor in 1893; mares
were used to him from nearly all over
the United States while he was kept at
New Brunswick, n. j., where he has
stood for three seasons pasta ais at home
stable.
Bay Figure, 81 to SO. Figure is a
beautiful bay, u hands, got by Gen.
Hare's full blooded horse Figure, whose
dam was imported mare Ruttama. Bay
Figures dam was by imported Lofty
from three-fourths blood mare by Old
Briton; bred in New Jersey. Signed
Andrew Race. Salem, March rs, 1896.
Young Fox in Bennington; by Wild
Deer.
F~earnaught atRoger Mobiles in Pawlet
and Young James and Monarch again.
The Lofty Buck, in Pownal; got by
Pool Horse. now owned by DR.. Dyer OF
Canterbury.
The following are from Tablet of the
Times, published at Bennington, 1897.
Bucephalus in Shaftsbuay. ~
Sweet Brier, imported; bay, Is hands,
in Cambridge and salisbury.
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